Saved by a Tesla

[MOBB]

SEE LINK BELOW :-)

Weirdly both cars were Teslas

Who knows if the car made the difference, but I'm not sure my brain would react correctly if a tree was coming down in front of me......................

Edited by MOBB on Monday 17th February 14:34

[SWoll]

Local paper story for those refusing to give the DM clicks.

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18239621.driver-...

[soupdragon1]

SWoll said:

Local paper story for those refusing to give the DM clicks.

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18239621.driver-...

Appreciated!

[MOBB]

Post amended, cheers SWoll

[kuro68k]

So it's nothing special about Tesla then, just the standard radar based auto braking that is soon to become mandatory and is pretty much standard on all but the lowest end of the market.

Unremarkable.

[MOBB]

kuro68k said:

So it's nothing special about Tesla then, just the standard radar based auto braking that is soon to become mandatory and is pretty much standard on all but the lowest end of the market.

Unremarkable.

Bow to Lord Elon, heathen

[SWoll]

Completely agree. Nice to see Tesla getting some good safety coverage for a change though.

[ZOLLAR]

SWoll said:

Local paper story for those refusing to give the DM clicks.

https://www.dorsetecho.co.uk/news/18239621.driver-...

Good to see, it may just be because it's the local rag and they've given him more airtime but I like how Mr Sanderson thanks everyone involved.

[anonymous-user]

If all AEB is the same, why did NCAP recently rate Tesla's AEB as class leading. Tesla AEB system scored 94%. next closest was Citroen C5 at 82%. Highest scoring BMW was 3 series 76%.

Most cars except for Tesla are clustered in the mid 70s region, which makes sense as most cars use mobileye except for Tesla.

Very typical anti tesla nonsense from PH.


https://www.euroncap.com/en/ratings-rewards/latest...

[julian64]

Can someone explain to be how they were saved by a radar breaking system?

I only ask because when a tree falls its In the air most of the time and then its hit your bonnet (in the picture given). Unless tesla is forward thinking enough to point its radar vertically most normal cars would have only seen that tree when it was in front of them and therefore would have had nothing to do with saving them.

Not hitting the car in front I can understand. Avoiding a tree falling, I don't think so.

[Oakey]

There has to be more to this story than what's in the article?

[The Wookie]

'Two unobservant Tesla owners saved by semi-autonomous braking system, suffer confirmation bias.'

[WinstonWolf]

julian64 said:

Can someone explain to be how they were saved by a radar breaking system?

I only ask because when a tree falls its In the air most of the time and then its hit your bonnet (in the picture given). Unless tesla is forward thinking enough to point its radar vertically most normal cars would have only seen that tree when it was in front of them and therefore would have had nothing to do with saving them.

Not hitting the car in front I can understand. Avoiding a tree falling, I don't think so.

Having been in one in self-driving mode it's pretty impressive, the forward facing cameras are scanning pretty much everything. The display shows a pair of green lines showing where the car's heading, I expect it calculated there would be an obstruction and stopped.

[anonymous-user]

The Wookie said:

'Two unobservant Tesla owners saved by semi-autonomous braking system, suffer confirmation bias.'

"EV hater insecure about own identity throws around scientific terms to cover up subjective bias. "

[Oakey]

The Wookie said:

'Two unobservant Tesla owners saved by semi-autonomous braking system, suffer confirmation bias.'

You think they drove into the already fallen tree then?

I was thinking that two approaching Tesla drivers picked an unfortunate spot to slow down to nod and wave at each other.

[The Wookie]

Sambucket said:

"EV hater insecure about own identity throws around scientific terms to cover up subjective bias. "

Hate to break it to you but my job is actually developing braking technology for EV's.

[poo at Paul's]

Oakey said:

There has to be more to this story than what's in the article?

So are they saying two teslas were passing or about to pass each other head to head, and a tree fell right in the middle of them and hit both bonnets? Or were they going the same way?

Seems extraordinary timing and coincidence. Don't they have built in dash cams, I would love to see then vid?
I could see both of the ploughing into an already fallen tree, but for it to fall on them at the same times seems crazy odds. Passengers very lucky if so.

Editted to say some EV forums and Tesla forums seem similarly sceptical. Most seem to think they just drove into the already fallen tree, maybe on autopilot, maybe not, as the autopilot would not be looking outside the boundaries of the road for a falling object.

Weird story

Edited by poo at Paul's on Monday 17th February 15:45

[anonymous-user]

The Wookie said:

Hate to break it to you but my job is actually developing braking technology for EV's.

Great please give us some objective data.

[The Wookie]

Sambucket said:

Great please give us some objective data.

No thanks, I try to avoid arguing with Tesla fans it's pointless.

[anonymous-user]

The Wookie said:

No thanks, I try to avoid arguing with Tesla fans it's pointless.

Unsuccessfully it would appear.

Would you at least comment on NCAP's safety report?